Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-19 | Page 3 | $368,000,000 worth of Millionaires Accused of Criminal Conspiracy

Worth orth of Millionaires L dArl Accused of or Criminal Conspiracy conspiracy A 0 j ae o AS t f C Ia V X J o- o r 1 E I Ar I f S 5 t rno to S 'S lAETI ETi f i Penalty J for i Convie Convictions i ns Would Mean an n Fines Each and nd J Jail ail Too ye T Twelve Twee e great millionaires the mos most t important pf f whom is William t Rockefeller Rockefeller Rocke Rocke- feller CellEr worth something like Ule are on trial before the United States court in New York City on the charge chargot of ot violating the Sherman act I as directors of f the ew Haven rallI rall rail road icart The penalty if th they y are aie convicted con con- I is fine or r a year ear i in Jail Jailor or both The foi fortunes tunes of ot these millionaires are aie c estimated as follows I I Fl F F. Brewster William Rockefeller j I Lewis Cass Ledyard 1 George MacCulloch 1 Miller Charles F F. BrooKer I I Charles M r. r Pratt Edward D. D Robbins D Ii Newton Barney I Robert o w tt-w W W. Taft ft i I A. A a n Robertson James J S S. S nH H Hemingway HenIngway oble i I Henry K arS f. f t s The defendants are William R Rockefeller r 74 One of ot the three or four tout richest men in the world George MacCulloch l Miller r 83 New York corporation lawyer and active in church arid and charity work too feeble to app appear appeal ar Charles Charle F. F Bro Brooker Brooki- lc 1 68 CS Anonia Ansonia Conn multimillionaire president of ot the Ameri American an Brass Brass- company in Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- member ex of or Connecticut legislature national natIon l Republican committeeman committeeman com com- In 1900 and 1912 and a power in politics Henry K 64 of ot Stamford Stam Stam- ford Conn but is a banker in New NewYork York an governor ex-governor of ot the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York stock exchange coal and coKe mine owner In Virginia railroad magnate D D. Newton cwt n Barney 56 Farmington Farming- Farming ton Conn cal capitalist Insurance and bank batik director iri treasurer of Hartford CALL r P Electric Light company and several times a millionaire Frederick rederick F F. Brewster Now 42 NewHaven New NewHaven Hav Haven n one ne of ot Connecticut's richest i citizens capitalist bank director Inhar in har hardware ware manufacturing business prominent sportsman on land and water youngest of those arraigned Robert W W. Taft 47 Providence Rhode cotton manufacturer banker and financier and worth north several several sev say eral millions not a a. brother of or exI ex- ex I President Taft Tan as al as' as often misstated James S S. S Hemingway 56 New Haven one of ot Connecticut's ts most influential in influential in- in mercantile mercantil and nd railroad bankers reputedly worth T several million million mil mu- lion dollars donars